Google will soon require disclaimers for AI-generated political ads

Google will soon start requiring political advertisers to “prominently disclose” when they made their ads with AI, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Starting in November, Google says advertisers must include a disclosure when an election ad features “synthetic content” that depicts “realistic-looking people or events.”

That includes political ads that use AI to make someone look as if they’re saying or doing something they never did, as well as changing the footage of an actual event …

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